User Guide

906 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

TextField._parent

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_txt._parent.property

_parent.property

Description

Property; a reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current text field or object. The

current object is the one containing the ActionScript code that references

_parent.

Use

_parent to specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current text

field. You can use

_parent to climb up multiple levels in the display list as in the following:

_parent._parent._alpha = 20;

Example

The following ActionScript creates two text fields and outputs information about the _parent of

each object. The first text field,

first_txt, is created on the main Timeline. The second text

field,

second_txt, is created inside the movie clip called holder_mc.

this.createTextField("first_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 160,

22);

first_txt.border = true;

trace(first_txt._name+"'s _parent is: "+first_txt._parent);

this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());

holder_mc.createTextField("second_txt", holder_mc.getNextHighestDepth(), 10,

40, 160, 22);

holder_mc.second_txt.border = true;

trace(holder_mc.second_txt._name+"'s _parent is:

"+holder_mc.second_txt._parent);

The following information is displayed in the Output panel:

first_txt's _parent is: _level0

second_txt's _parent is: _level0.holder_mc